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At 40, life's icons begin to disappear
Independence Institute ^ | 9/13/05 | Jon Caldera

Posted on 09/14/2005 9:05:10 AM PDT by Millee

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I remember how looongg the summer was in 1980 wondering Who Shot J.R. Greatest cliffhanger in history!
1 posted on 09/14/2005 9:05:11 AM PDT by Millee
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To: Millee

I just turned 41 myself.


2 posted on 09/14/2005 9:09:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: Millee

Those from that gen have Jimmy Carter to bond with?


3 posted on 09/14/2005 9:10:01 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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I am scared of bunnies. LOL


4 posted on 09/14/2005 9:13:24 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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"When they all go, they may be the last entertainment icons shared by an entire country.

How true that is.... Gee, ya mean the whole family wont be gathering around the plasma tube 15 years from now watching over and over again the classic "Snoop Dogg's Christmas Special from Rikers Island?"

5 posted on 09/14/2005 9:14:00 AM PDT by guitarnick40 (When a liberal is in doubt, all they do is shout and pout.)
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The biggest threat to the American way was disco, and we shouldn't forget what a serious threat that was or how many lost their dignity and hair styles in that battle.

I'm only 34 but remember getting a good laugh as a young kid when it came to Disco

my teen years were full of hair bands and hairspray... I have a special nostalgia for that ;)

6 posted on 09/14/2005 9:16:41 AM PDT by PaulaB (Don't cut what you can untie....)
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To: Millee

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SNL, the original stuff with John B and Dan A.

We also had the Iran hostage deal.


7 posted on 09/14/2005 9:18:04 AM PDT by mad puppy ( The Southern border needs to be a MAJOR issue in 2006 and 2008)
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Dan Akroid and Jane Curtain were the best.


"Jane you ingorant s**t".


8 posted on 09/14/2005 9:19:29 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: PaulaB

Especially Aqua Net! You could ride a roller coaster during a hurricane & narry a hair would be out of place. Still had to carry a comb in the back pocket of my levi's though. : )


9 posted on 09/14/2005 9:20:16 AM PDT by Millee
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Study Hef and his empire.....Hef loved them bunnies and still does...he made a good penny with all those gorgeous bunnies plus kept in shapechasing them....ya just got to remember to show up at the office and always keep an eagle eye out for the buzzrds. LOL!


10 posted on 09/14/2005 9:29:25 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Millee
When I look back at how we tried to feather our hair along with a 50 can supply of aqua net...

I cringed...its a wonder any of us have hair at all :)
11 posted on 09/14/2005 9:29:39 AM PDT by PaulaB (Don't cut what you can untie....)
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> Those from that gen have Jimmy Carter to bond with?

Inflation, disco and drugs. Polyester. Our long national nightmare.

What a decade. I spent the 70s hiking and skiing the in Green Mountains.


12 posted on 09/14/2005 9:30:45 AM PDT by cloud8 (No more pix of Helen Thomas or Ted Kennedy!!)
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To: Millee
I'm 41. We had Ronald Reagan...and right when most of us were first starting to think about politics.

That's better than all of the other "shared experiences" the author cites put together. ;)

13 posted on 09/14/2005 9:34:19 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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I spent the '70s snow skiing, trout fishing, camping and hiking the Blue Ridge and chasing ASU coeds.
14 posted on 09/14/2005 9:44:29 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: cripplecreek

I remember my high school days. Mondays everybody would be doing their recreations of the latest SNL skits, especially after one Steve Martin hosted.


15 posted on 09/14/2005 9:46:31 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Millee

Remember waiting all week for Saturday morning cartoons?

No longer a special thing, now that cartoons are 24-7...


16 posted on 09/14/2005 9:47:37 AM PDT by StrictTime (This tagline will return in 5 minutes.)
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Definately! Tarzan, Isis, Sigmond & the Seamonsters, Hong-Kong Phooey, Land of the Lost (I was terrified of the Sleestacks). Good memories!


17 posted on 09/14/2005 9:50:49 AM PDT by Millee
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Cutting edge Gen X bump


18 posted on 09/14/2005 9:51:26 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: PaulaB

70's & Disco - oh yes, I was the roller skating queen in the 70's... those were the good ol days.

My boys laugh when they see pictures of me in the 80's. Big hair, GOBS of make-up, funky clothes.... Oh if they could only understand how great it was....


19 posted on 09/14/2005 9:55:49 AM PDT by redlocks322
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To: Millee

Those of us in the Vietnam generation are divided by our common experience.

That's a joke, son.


20 posted on 09/14/2005 9:58:40 AM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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